MemorabilliaBecause of all the training camps and also lack of Internet access, that's why it has been a long time since I last updated. Be prepared for a super uber long post because I have 3 subjects to update about. 1) Mega Camp 2006, 2) BEEP Camp & 3) Class outing (photos)
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1) Mega Camp 2006Mega Camp 2006 has been a new experience. ;) I believe every camp is different and yes, from each camp we will learn new things and gain new experiences. This year's camp has more programmes on leadership development, problem solving techniques, and just a lot of programmes that just require you to think, think & think. Besides, this year's camp is much much much stricter compared to last year's. i.e. A lot of emphasis were made on punctuality.
Personally, I feel that having leadership opportunities, i.e to be a Wing Leader, is good because the Wing Leader is somewhat the assistant to Uncle Noel for the programme of the day. They are the ones who allocate the time given to us for each meal, area cleaning etc.
Normally for other camps, there will just be different teams. However, this year's is different. Besides having teams, we also have Wings; a combination of 4 teams. (2 wings in total: Alpha & Omega) Yes, so this make things more interesting ;)
My group:
SATU! and my wing:
ALPHA! *clap, clap*
For
Day 01, it started off somewhat uniquely. We had ice breaker called Rojak. It was my first time encountering with this ice breaker and it turned out to be really fun! Heeheeee ;)
Another exciting thing:
We had Amazing Race. The whole purpose of this, was to find our coaches. Before we went to our first checkpoint (red bridge mrt stn), we had to melt a bag of ice, w/o destroying the plastic bag.
In the beginning (at the E hall), Uncle Noel received a phone call which told him that the coaches will not be coming. At first, I think most of us didn't believe it. Like you know, some kind of early morning joke or something. But it turned out to be true. Nevertheless, I think it was this activity that started us off, as a group ;)
On the way, we had some difficulties. Some of us did not have our EZ Link card with us, so there were some chaos here and there. But really, I don't know how in the world can they not have their EZ Link card with them? I thought it's common sense or at least the basic valuable that you need to carry along with you when you travel? But thinking on the other side, I think it's because their parents will be fetching them that's why they didn't think of brining their EZ Link cards along. But still, I think this is a lesson learnt for everyone, including myself. ;) After all the travelling around SG, we found our coach @ Woodland Park.
One thing that made everyone scream and shout on the first day was: the shaky bridge. It's only scary when at the middle and if somebody in your team plays a prank and jumps on the bridge. It will go really shaky~
Heard of
Seated Soccer? We played that for our first night game. Splendid! And I must say, we must have super leg powers and muscles to play that game. I am not saying that I do, but really, everyone will be just pushing and your leg will sometimes get stuck underneath and it's really tough to get it back up. I must say, good work out before sleeping :-D
Day 02, we had 5BX (basic exericises). Not bad not bad, it has been quite some time since I last exercised. Haha! :O Then we had devotion, mass workshop and later we went to our own groups for 2 missions: a) Build a Map & b) Go-kart.
Our map is super nice! Esp the flying fox with the father and daughter. Haha! Our Go-kart rocks too! I must say, I was amongst the other 5 who were at the resource team. I don't think we really did much, except to provide the materials and to tell each team what the other design was like. But nonetheless, it turned out great! We passed the bonus mark! Whoots! ^___^
Oh yes, we also learnt the game:
Queen of the Jungle. The beat is like Concentration but now you have to think of an animal to represent yourself. And it just goes on with your action and you do the person's action. It goes on and on. SATU played a few rounds and it's really funny to see all the different actions :-D
Had dinner and we had another night game:
Star Wars! Alpha formed an alliance and we kept on attacking Omega. There were a few times when the idea of breaking the alliance came into my head, but in the end, I stayed on. And fought together with the other Alpha-ians. In the end, no team had gotten their ropes burnt. So Justin, declared that which ever team who burn down their own ropes first, wins. And, SATU won! Whooooo~
I tell you, SATU just rock! I think we are a really united team and plus with Lin Yi's and Elizabeth leadership & enthusiasm, we really got high! ;) I think amongst the 4 days, they are the best Wing Leaders of all. The silent clap is really EFFECTIVE. :-D Good job!
I didn't get to wash up because the toilet were just flooding with so many people. So I decided to wake up at 6am the next morning, tgt with a few others, to have our bath.
If you are wondering how the toilets are like, well...I think Alpha one is better compared to Omega's. I think ours is much bigger and we have more cubicles? We have one which is a common one and everyone can just bathe together. Others saw a rat in a cubicle. Thankfully I didn't! But I saw the norms, like: lizards, grasshoppers. It wasn't that bad afterall, because we get use to them ;)
Okay,
Day 03. It was physically challenging. VERY. Especially for the high/low elements. For the high elements, I did Rock Climbing, because I have never rock climbed before. And, indeed, rock climbing is kinda physically strainous. I need to have lots of arm muscles to grab the rocks and pull my whole body up. I did not manage to complete, but still it had been a very nice experience. :-D
After Lunch was Alpha's Jungle Trek. It was funny. At first when I saw the other teams coming back from the trek, they had leeches bites and all. So, what normal human beings would do will be to prevent any excess space for the leeches to crawl up your trackpants. And, SATU had masking tape tied around our ankles. We thought it was brilliant. However, our Ranger came and told us to take it off. Firstly, the route that we were going to take, will not have any leeches. Secondly, by putting masking tape around our ankles prevent blood from circulating and because it is a trek, our leg will feel numb. And later maybe will have muscle cramp or other things. I'm really thankful that we had the lucky route :-D
The funny thing was that our Ranger suddenly fainted flat on the ground. The purpose of doing so was to see how SATU would react to a situation like this, when a leader falls.
At first I didn't think that he would be faking it, so we consulted Grace (frm SJAB) on what we should do. And we elevated his legs. In the midst of doing so, there were others who said: " He's faking it la".
And the most funny thing was, others said things like:
"Why not take his valuables and run?"
"Whatever, let's go"
"His watch looks expensive"
"Pour water on him"
"Let's just go la. Don't care about him."
Ha!! Then our Ranger couldn't take it any longer of all the things that we said and he miraculously woke up. Heehee ;)
Fine, so we trekked all the way to the Waterfall. On the way, we sang songs and did our group cheers. Ok, the waterfall is beautiful!
Cos when we arrive, we saw the waterfall, it was so beautiful, everyone wanted to go in. But then Justin said that he can only allow 2 people to enter. It was so sad. Then those 2 who wanted to go, decided not to go ahead. But actually this was another prank, to see how we will react. I can't remember who was it, but she almost wanted to throw her shoe at Justin. Haha ;) Hilarious, man! And Justin just replied somewhat innocently," I'm just doing my job." HAHAHA! :-D
And since SATU was the first group to arrive, we had a lot of time enjoying ourselves in the water. The rocks were really slipperly and rough. And while moving, I fell once- butt flat to the rock (OUCH!) & another one was while moving myself to sit on top of a rock, my left feet slipped and hit one of the rocks and I got a cut. Minor cut, no big deal. Had it cleaned and there, plastered it and watched the others ;)
And we had our Campfire during the night together with the Kungu Master & Queen of the Jungle competition. Congratulations to Rekha and Sherrie respectively for Kungfu Master and Queen of the Jungle :)
Oh oh, and we had our team performances. I acted together with Praneetha. We acted in the scence called: look around before you pee (something like that) and I acted as the rat. Haha, so fun la! Just keep on chasing Bra neh neh! Oppps! I mean, Praneetha. :-D The whole atmostphere of the campfire got quite high. It just ROCK! We did cheers like crazy, we sang our school song, did the PL Cheer and just thoroughly enjoyed ourselves to the max! (esp the Titanic cheer)
And also, Mr Tang was so good to us, he gave us up to 2AM the lastest to go to sleep! Whooooo~ So everyone had enough time to have a bath and chit-chat with friends :-D I slept well for the past 4 days, except for the last night when I woke up, I had some mozzie bites, because our mosquito coil wasn't lighted up. Haha, but nevermind, it's the souvenir from Kota Tinggi, free one some more.
Day 04. Hmm, splendid!! We packed our bags, pitched down our tents and took group photos ;) I can't wait to order the photos, the wonderful pictures during the 4D3N camp @ Malyasia =) Ok, besides Uncle Noel gave us a treat. Everyone had ice-cream ;)
The cool thing about this camp was that we actually had shopping time! We went to Jusco to have our lunch and do some light shopping. Mmm, the shopping time was a lil' short eyy, but still I managed to go around some of the shops. Had KFC and I bought a bracelet and a pair of earrings.
Cheesse fries over at Malaysia is different compared to SG. They use wages to be the fries and the sauces are like normal. It's nice. Yummy, yummy! :-D
I've made new friends like Praneetha, Kelly, Blossom and many others and also got to know those whom I've already known better. And I have also gained new experience, being a grp leader, and it's really a nice experience. Completely different feeling from BEEP camp as a group leader. I'm really thankful to be in SATU, to forge new friendships and know my friends better. So, thank you
SATU & also
Wing Alpha,my facilitator: Justin (wing wing situation (flip hair) HAHAHA) & the other facilitators and teachers who have planned this camp for us. This camp is really enjoyable and educational :-)
2) BEEP Camp
Good experience to become a group leader to Pri 4-5 prefects. My first time participating in the Primary School Prefects' Camp and it certainly taught me how to be more thoughtful and also about their welfare. I love the RED BAND! Haha =D I chose red because it represents passion and also since the one of the objective of the camp is to have passion and purpose, so there, it just click! :-D
Ok, a very long post here. I think the class photos, I shall post it some other time.
It's a WING WING SITUATION (flip hair)
HAHAHAAH :-D
